Anatomy of Asheville's flash mob pillow fight

11:45 PM,
Feb. 21, 2011

Written by

Jason Sandford

I'd forgotten that feeling - and the corresponding smack of being on the receiving end - until last week, when a cushion-clobbering throng came together beneath Pack Square Park's Vance Monument. About 300 people turned out for Asheville's anti-Valentine's Day flash mob pillow fight.

It was one of Asheville's most successful meet-ups, organized mainly through Facebook, and then through word-of-mouth and other public notifications. It's just another indication of the wired-ness of our town. ...